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03MarMarch 3, 2022

Perú. Ministra del Trabajo pide que Congreso priorice ley para retirar el saldo del 100% de fondos en las AFP

La ministra de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo, Betssy Chávez, insistió al Congreso en que priorice la aprobación del dictamen del proyecto de ley que plantea el retiro el saldo del 100% de los fondos de las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP). Leer también Perú. Congreso: proponen ampliar bono de reconocimiento por traslado a la AFP Para ello, Chávez remitió un oficio a la presidenta de la Comisión de Economía, Banca, Finanzas e Inteligencia Financiera, Silvia María Monteza Facho. Leer también...

March 3, 2022

Noticias2022, Perú, Retiro de Fondos

03MarMarch 3, 2022

Global Pension Funds Shun Russian Investments

A growing number of pension funds are shunning investments in Russia following the country’s military invasion of Ukraine. Norway’s minister of finance said he will ask the Government Pension Fund Global, Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, to freeze all its investments in Russia immediately, and also divest from Russia. Read also From Japan to the US, sanctions threaten top pension funds’ Russia assets “Given the way the situation has evolved, we consider it necessary for the fund to divest its Russian...

March 3, 2022

News, Slider2022, Investment, Pension Management, Russia, Ukraine

03MarMarch 3, 2022

México. Pensiones por afore son hasta 50% menores a las del régimen del 73

Hay que lograr aumentar la base (de pensionados) y que el sector de la economía informal también tenga derecho a este tipo de pensión”. Marcela Flores Quiroz, presidenta de Lockton México. Para Lockton México, los 29,720 nuevos pensionados por afore muestra claramente la elevada diferencia entre lo que gana un jubilado del régimen 73 a uno del régimen 97 (afore). “Con esta primera generación de la afores, en Lockton fue el principio de una muerte anunciada, suena feo, pero desde los últimos...

March 3, 2022

Noticias2022, Contribución Definida, Suficiencia, Tasa de reemplazo

03MarMarch 3, 2022

Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Don’t Have Same Economic Rights as Men

Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, according to the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2022 report. In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for equal work. Read also Retired women in South Africa carry a huge burden of poverty Globally, women still have only three quarters of the legal...

March 3, 2022

News, SliderGender Gap

03MarMarch 3, 2022

‘ESG is too important to ignore’: What a shift to green investments means for your pensions

Pension schemes are being used to hit long-term Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, which experts say may put your savings at risk. Pension schemes in the UK contain over £2.5trn of wealth, and the industry is considered a key part of the shift towards clean energy, according to the Government. It says pension schemes include the “largest single group of institutional investors in the UK, with significant influence over the flow of investments in the economy.” Coupled with their long-term investment...

March 3, 2022

News, Slider2022, ESG, Investment, UK

03MarMarch 3, 2022

Valmex steps up efforts to grow in Mexico’s stagnant private-pension segment

After 14 years at Principal, Luis Lozano, a champion of open architecture, joined Valmex in February 2021. Since then, the institutional-investments head has been working to enhance the pension segment of Valmex’s business, as he told Fund Pro Latin America in an exclusive interview. “It is necessary to develop the voluntary pension market, especially for those with higher income who are not fully covered under the traditional and obligatory pension market (via the Afores). In this segment, replacement rates are...

March 3, 2022

News, Slider2022, Mexico, Occupational Pensions, Private Pensions

02MarMarch 2, 2022

Chile. Invasión a Ucrania golpea a los fondos de pensiones más riesgosos en febrero

Los fondos más conservadores -que se vieron muy golpeados en 2021- tuvieron un positivo desempeño en el segundo mes del año. El D tuvo un avance de 0,41%, mientras que el E subió un 2,27%. Leer también El fondo de pensiones noruego no es el único: las gestoras congelan ya su inversión rusa La invasión rusa a Ucrania tiene efectos en nuestro país. Pese a la distancia geográfica entre Chile y los países en conflicto, el golpe se ha sentido en...

March 2, 2022

Noticias2022, Chile, Inversión, Ucrania

02MarMarch 2, 2022

Desempleo urbano en Colombia cae al 14,8% en enero

Colombia registró en enero un desempleo urbano (referencia para el país) de 14,8% contra 19,4% en el mismo mes de 2021, cuando el país lidiaba con el segundo pico de la pandemia, anunció este lunes el Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE). Leer también Panamá. CSS: Una propuesta sobre el tapete En enero se crearon alrededor de 823.000 nuevos puestos de trabajo en las 13 mayores zonas urbanas, principalmente en el comercio y reparación de vehículos, los servicios administrativos, técnicos y...

March 2, 2022

Noticias2022, Colombia, Mercado Laboral

02MarMarch 2, 2022

Climate change and diversity remain biggest concerns for investors ahead of AGM season

Climate change and diversity will be the most pressing issues for investment managers during this year’s AGM season, according to the new expectations on companies issued by the Investment Association (IA). With climate change presenting “one of the biggest risks to the long-term sustainability of a company”, investment managers will be looking for businesses to take immediate action, the IA reported, explaining how climate change will impact them and how they are mitigating the risk. IA encouraged firms to disclose their...

March 2, 2022

News, Slider2022, Climate crisis, Equality, Pension Management

02MarMarch 2, 2022

From Japan to the US, sanctions threaten top pension funds’ Russia assets

Norway’s announcement it would divest its sovereign wealth fund’s Russian holdings – totalling $2.8 billion as of end-December – as a consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised the prospect that other state-backed pension funds might follow their governments’ cues and offload assets en masse. Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) – the largest in the world by assets – had ¥213.1 billion ($1.9 billion) in exposures to Russia as of end-March 2021. Read more @Risk 681 views

March 2, 2022

News, Slider2022, Investment, Pension Management, Russia, Ukraine

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